About

Dina Berger (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2002; B.A., Tulane University, 1994) is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago, where she teaches courses on Mexican and Latin American history. She previously taught at the College of Wooster, Michigan State University and the University of Arizona.

Berger’s research focuses on Mexican diplomacy, tourism, Pan American civic groups, and gender and foreign relations. Her most important publications include Holiday in Mexico: Critical Reflections on Tourism and Tourist Encounters, edited with Andrew G. Wood (Duke University Press, 2010) and The Development of Mexico's Tourism Industry: Pyramids by Day, Martinis by Night (Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2006). She is currently engaged in a project examining Pan Americanism and civic activists of the Pan American movement throughout the twentieth century.

Berger is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including a Clements Center-DeGoyler Library Research Grant and a Ralston Faculty Research Grant. She was the recipient of the Graduate College Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Arizona in 1999-2000. She is currently the director of Teaching and Mentoring Programs for the Graduate School, and creator and director of Loyola University Chicago's Dissertation “Boot Camp.”

“Relative Independence and the Peculiarities of Mexican Diplomacy,” co-authored with Monica Rankin, A Companion to Mexican History and Culture, William H. Beezley, ed. (Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2011), 238-260.